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5 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
6 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
7 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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13 * Version 6.07 (in preparation)
18 ** Incompatible changes
20 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
22 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
23 remember process is now interpreted differently:
25 :C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
26 :C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
27 :C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
28 :C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
29 : in its new location.
31 This was requested by John Wiegley.
34 *** Capturing column view is now on `C-c C-x i'
36 The reason for this change was that `C-c C-x r' is also used
37 as a tty key replacement.
41 *** Secondary filtering of agenda views.
43 You can now easily and interactively filter an existing
44 agenda view with respect to a tag. This command is executed
45 with the =/= key in the agenda. You will be prompted for a
46 tag selection key, and all entries that do not contain or
47 inherit the corresponding tag will be hidden. With a prefix
48 argument, the opposite filter is applied: entries that
49 do have the tag will be hidden.
51 This operation only hides lines in the agenda buffer. It
52 does not initiate a new search and therefore is very fast.
54 If you press TAB at the tag selection prompt, you will be
55 switched to a completion interface to select a tag. This is
56 useful when you want to select a tag that does not have a
57 direct access character.
59 A double =/ /= will restore the original agenda view by
60 unhiding any hidden lines.
62 This functionality was John Wiegley's idea. It is a simpler
63 implementation of some of the query-editing features proposed
64 and implemented some time ago by Christopher League (see the
65 file contrib/lisp/org-interactive-query.el).
67 *** Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
69 The command @<code>C-c '@</code> (that is =C-c= followed by a
70 single quote) can now also be used to switch to a special
71 editing mode for fixed-width sections. The default mode is
72 =artist-mode= which allows you to create ASCII drawings.
74 It works like this: Enter the editing mode with
75 @<code>C-c '@</code>. An indirect buffer will be created and
76 narrowed to the fixed-width region. Edit the drawing, and
77 press @<code>C-c '@</code> again to exit.
79 Lines in a fixed-width region should be preceded by a colon
80 followed by at least one space. These will be removed during
81 editing, and then added back when you exit the editing mode.
83 Using the command in an empty line will create a new
86 This exciting new feature arose from a discussion involving
87 Scott Otterson, Sebastian Rose and Will Henney.
88 *** /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org.
90 You can run it by simple calling org-plot/gnuplot.
91 Documentation is not yet included with Org, please refer to
92 http://github.com/eschulte/org-plot/tree/master until we have
93 moved the docs into Org or Worg.
95 Thanks to Eric Schulte for this great contribution.
97 *** Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
99 You may now use tags to select parts of a document for
100 inclusion into the export, and to exclude other parts. This
101 behavior is governed by two new variables:
102 =org-export-select-tags= and =org-export-exclude-tags=.
103 These default to =("export")= and =("noexport")=, but can be
104 changed, even to include a list of several tags.
106 Org first checks if any of the /select/ tags is present in
107 the buffer. All trees that do not carry one of these tags
108 will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the
109 heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export,
110 but not the text below those headings. If none of the select
111 tags is found, the whole buffer will be selected for export.
112 Finally, all subtrees that are marked by any of the /exclude/
113 tags will be removed from the export buffer.
115 You may set these tags with in-buffer options
116 =EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS= and =EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS=.
118 This useful feature was a request by Richard G Rigley.
120 *** New interpretation of prefix arguments when exiting remember
122 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
123 remember process is now interpreted differently:
125 :C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
126 :C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
127 :C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
128 :C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
129 : in its new location.
131 This was requested by John Wiegley.
133 *** Yanking inserts folded subtrees
135 If the kill is a subtree or a sequence of subtrees, yanking
136 them with =C-y= will leave all the subtrees in a folded
137 state. This basically means, that kill and yank are now
138 much more useful in moving stuff around in your outline. If
139 you do not like this, customize the variable
140 =org-yank-folded-subtrees=.
142 Right now, I am only binding =C-y= to this new function,
143 should I modify all bindings of yank? Do we need to amend
146 This feature was requested by John Wiegley.
148 *** Prefix arg 0 to S-RET disables integer increment during copy
150 This was a request by Chris Randle.
152 *** Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
154 If you attach formulas and plotting instructions to a table
155 capturing column view, these extra lines will now survive an
156 update of the column view capture, and any formulas will be
157 re-applied to the captured table. This works be keeping any
158 continuous block of comments before and after the actual
161 *** The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
163 This was a request by Peter Frings.
165 *** Sorting entries now ignores the TODO keyword and the priority
167 Numerical and alphanumerical sorting now skips any TODO
168 keyword or priority cookie when constructing the comparison
169 string. This was a request by Wanrong Lin.
171 *** New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
173 This was a request by Richard G Rigley.
175 *** Remember templates for gnus links can now use the :to escape.
177 Thanks to Tommy Lindgren for a patch to this effect.
179 *** The file specification in a remember template may now be a function
181 Thanks to Gregory Sullivan for a patch to this effect.
183 *** It is now possible to define filters for column view
185 The filter can modify the value that will be displayed in a
186 column, for example it can cut out a part of a time stamp.
187 For more information, look at the variable
188 =org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function=.
190 *** In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
192 If a property value is a time stamp, S-left and S-right can
193 now be used to shift this date around.
195 This was a request by Chris Randle.
201 - New, more CSS-like setup for HTML style information
202 - Attributes in hyperlinks, for example alt and title for images
203 - Simplified way to specify file links
204 - Modified behavior of time stamps in iCalendar export
205 - New way to compare times during a property search
206 - New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
207 - New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
208 - New option :index-style for org-publish
209 - New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
211 ** Incompatible changes
213 *** New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
215 The timestamp directory now uses SHA1 hashed versions of the
216 path to each publishing file. This should be a consistent
217 and system-independent way to handle things. The change
218 means that your next publishing command will publish each and
219 every file again, but just once, until new time stamps are in
224 *** New setup for HTML style information
226 In order to create a more CSS-like setup of the HTML style
227 information, the following changes have been made:
228 - The default style has moved to a constant,
229 =org-export-html-style-default= and should not be changed
231 - The default of the variable =org-export-html-style= is now
232 just the empty string. This variable should receive
233 settings that are Org-wide. When using org-publish, this
234 variable is associated with the =:style= property and can
235 be used to establish project-wide settings.
236 - There is a new variable =org-export-html-style-extra= that
237 should be used for file-local settings. Org-publish can, if
238 necessary, access this variable with the =:style-extra=
240 - When a file is published, the values of
241 - org-export-html-style-default
242 - org-export-html-style
243 - org-export-html-style-extra
244 are all inserted into the HTML header, in the given
247 This follows a proposal by Rustom Mody.
249 *** Attributes in hyperlinks
251 You can now set attributes in hyperlinks that will be used
252 when publishing to HTML. For example, if you want to use the
253 ALT and TITLE attributes of an inlined image, here is who to
256 : [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="This is image A" title="Image with no action"}}]]
258 Thanks to Charles Chen for this idea.
260 *** Simplified way to specify file links
262 In a link, you can now leave out the "file:" prefix if you
263 write an absolute file name like =/Users/dominik/.emacs= or
264 =~/.emacs=, or if you write a relative file name by using
265 =./= or =../= to start the file path. You cannot write a
266 plain file name, because plain text is interpreted as an
269 So for example, a link to an image /A.jpg/ with a thumbnail
270 /B.jpg/ can now be written like
273 [[./A.jpg][./B.jpg] ]
276 *** Changes in iCalendar export
278 Deadline and scheduling time stamps are now treated
279 differently in iCalendar export. The default behavior is now
282 - a DEADLINE that appears in an entry that is a TODO item is
283 used as the item's DUE date. Therefore, such a deadline
284 will no longer show up in the calendar.
286 - a DEADLINE that appears in an item that is *not* a TODO
287 item is exported as an EVENT and will show up in the
290 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in a TODO item will be used as the
291 items DTSTART. Therefore, such a timestamp will not show
294 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in an item that is not a TODO has no
295 effect on iCalendar export at all. It will be ignored.
297 Of course this would not be Emacs if you could not configure
298 exactly what you want. Take a look at the variables
299 =org-icalendar-use-deadlines= and
300 =org-icalendar-use-scheduled= if you want to go back to the
301 old behavior or even do something completely different.
303 Thanks to Karen Cooke for triggering this change.
305 *** New way to compare times during a property search
307 If the comparison value in a property search is a string that
308 is enclosed in angular brackets, a time comparison will be
311 : +DEADLINE>="<2008-12-24 15:20>"
313 looks for entries with a deadline on or after that time.
314 Special allowed values are "<now>" (with time) and "<today>"
317 This is based on a request by Manish.
319 *** New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
321 When set, a link pointing to a directory will actually open
322 the index.org file in that directory. This is a good setting
323 inside a publishing project. When not set, you get a
324 finder/explorer window for that directory, or dired,
325 depending on system and setup.
327 This follows a request by Richard Riley.
329 *** New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
331 These parameters specify prefixes for each line of included
332 text. :prefix1 is only for the first line, :prefix for all
335 This follows a proposal by Richard Riley.
337 *** New option :index-style for org-publish
339 This option can be used to switch the style of the index
340 produced by org-publish. Can be `list' (index is just an
341 itemized list of the titles of the files involved) or `tree'
342 (the directory structure of the source files is reflected in
343 the index). The default is `tree'.
345 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for the patch.
347 *** In the Agenda, inclusion of archives can now be toggled
348 - Pressing =v= will toggle inclusion of trees with the
349 ARCHIVE tag, this includes obviously the archive sibling.
350 - Pressing `C-u v' will include trees with ARCHIVE tag, and
351 will also include all archive files that are currently
352 associated with your agenda files.
354 This was triggered by a proposal by Manuel Hermenegildo.
358 If I were to name my releases, this one would be called "Adam".
359 Adam, you definitely owe me a beer :-). And I owe you one, too -
360 thanks for all the great ideas.
364 - Use cursor position in agenda for remember, scheduling and deadlines
365 - New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
366 - Remember templates can be filed to beginning/end of a file
367 - Visiting a filed remember buffer immediately
368 - BBDB anniversaries are now links
369 - Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
370 - The format of section numbers in exported files is configurable
371 - Direct, single key access to allowed values in column view
372 - New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
373 - Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK line
375 ** Incompatible changes
377 *** `C-c C-x C-k' now calls `org-mark-entry-for-agenda-action'
378 It used to call =org-cut-special=, but that is also at bound
379 to the key =C-c C-x C-w=.
382 *** Making use of the cursor position in the agenda
384 The date at the cursor in the agenda (and also in the
385 calendar) can now be used to schedule entries, or to set the
386 date in a remember template correctly. It is also designed
387 to make it easier to move an entry to a date picked in the
388 agenda. Thanks to Thomas Baumann for starting the thread
389 that led to this development.
391 **** Calling remember with the cursor date in the agenda
393 If you want to use the date at the agenda cursor in a
394 remember template, start remember from the agenda with the
395 keys =k r=. While the template is being filled in, the
396 default date for all time stamps, and also for all
397 interactive escapes like =%^t= is now the date at the cursor
398 in the agenda. The exact same command can also be used from
399 the calendar if you prefer that.
401 **** Picking a date for scheduling/deadline in the agenda
403 You may now pick the date for scheduling an item or for
404 setting a deadline in the agenda, where you have the best
405 overview over free time slots. This is a two step process.
407 1. First you pick the entry that should be acted upon. In
408 the agenda, you use the keys =k m=. In an org-mode file,
409 this is on =C-c C-x C-k=.
411 2. Then you find the agenda date you want to apply. When the
412 cursor is anywhere in the block belonging to that date,
413 press =k s= to schedule, or =k d= to put a deadline. The
414 agenda is not updated immediately, press =r= if you want
415 it to show the affected entry in the right place.
417 *** New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
419 Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities to find all
420 entries satisfying certain criteria. Internally, this
421 functionality is used to produce agenda views, but there is
422 also an API that can be used to execute arbitrary functions
423 for each or selected entries. The main entry point for this
427 -- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
428 Call FUNC at each headline selected by MATCH in SCOPE.
430 FUNC is a function or a lisp form. The function will be
431 called without arguments, with the cursor positioned at
432 the beginning of the headline. The return values of all
433 calls to the function will be collected and returned as
436 MATCH is a tags/property/todo match as it is used in the
437 agenda tags view. Only headlines that are matched by
438 this query will be considered during the iteration.
439 When MATCH is nil or t, all headlines will be visited by
442 SCOPE determines the scope of this command, it can
443 specify a file, all agenda files, the current tree and
446 The remaining args are treated as settings for the
447 skipping facilities of the scanner.
450 The function given to that mapping routine can really do anything
451 you like. Here is a simple example that will turn all entries in
452 the current file with a tag =TOMORROW= into TODO entries with the
453 keyword =UPCOMING=. Entries in comment trees and in archive
454 trees will be ignored.
456 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
458 '(org-todo "UPCOMING")
459 "+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
462 The following example counts the number of entries with TODO
463 keyword =WAITING=, in all agenda files.
465 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
466 (length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" nil 'agenda))
469 *** Changes in Remember templates
471 **** Remember templates can now use the cursor date in the agenda
472 Use =k r= to start remember from the agenda, with enforcing
473 the cursor date as default for any time stamps created by
476 **** Filing remember templates to the beginning or end of a file
477 You may now set the heading part of a remember template
478 definition to `top' or `bottom'. The template will then be
479 filed as a level 1 entry to the beginning or end of the
480 target file, respectively. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
483 **** You can jump to the location of a note immediately after filing it
484 Just include the =%&= escape anywhere in the template. An
485 interesting combination now is to use =%!%&=, which will
486 immediately file and visit the note, which is equivalent to
487 generating the note directly in the target location. Thanks
488 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
490 *** BBDB anniversaries are now links.
491 If you are using =%%(bbdb-anniversaries)= to list
492 anniversaries in the agenda, you can now directly access the
493 entry that triggered a listed anniversary from the agenda.
494 Just click the anniversary - it is a link now. Thanks to
495 Thomas Baumann for a patch to this effect.
497 *** Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
499 =org-agenda-columns-remove-prefix-from-item=. Thanks to Adam
500 Spiers for this proposal.
502 *** The format of section number in exported files is configurable
504 See the new variable `org-export-section-number-format'.
505 Thanks to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
507 *** Direct access to allowed values in column view
509 In column view, if you press a key 1-9 or 0, the
510 corresponding values from the list of allowed values for that
511 field at point will be directly selected. Thanks to Levin Du
512 for this proposal and a patch to this effect.
514 *** New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
515 The new hook `org-before-save-iCalendar-file-hook' runs just
516 before the buffer with a created iCalendar export is saved.
517 This is what I settled for after a long discussion with Adam
518 Spiers about doing some special filtering automatically.
520 *** Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK lines
521 When turning on log mode in the agenda with =l=, clock lines
522 will now also list the end time, not only the starting time.
523 Thanks to Tian Qiu for bringing this up again.
524 *** Fixes and additions for org-publish
525 - the :include and :index-title properties in org-publish
526 work now as advertized
527 - the #+TITLE of a page will be used in the index
528 - new :completion-function property can define a hook to be
529 run after publishing a file.
531 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for a patch to this effect.
537 - Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
538 - Editing source code example in the proper mode
539 - iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
540 - New properties for customizing subtree export
542 ** Incompatible changes
544 - The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
545 now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
546 explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
548 - The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
549 already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
550 archives still did this wrong.
554 *** Statistics for TODO entries
556 The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
557 checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
558 headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
559 direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
560 that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
562 There have already been requests to automatically switch the
563 parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
564 making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
565 decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
566 customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
567 This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
568 updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
569 function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
570 done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
571 the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
574 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
575 (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
576 "Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
577 (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
578 (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
580 (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
583 *** Editing source code example in the proper mode
585 If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
586 include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
587 (with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
588 stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
589 could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
590 Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
591 followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
592 mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
593 the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
594 editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
595 lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
596 calling this command.
598 "C-c '" also edits include files, the setupfile in a =#+setufile=
599 line, and all those little foreign snippets like:
602 ,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
608 ,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
615 ,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
619 *** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
621 This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
622 created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
623 Org core. If you set the variable
625 : (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
627 then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
628 property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
629 property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
630 But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
633 Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
634 because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
635 which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
637 An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
638 give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
639 deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
640 adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
641 iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
642 the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
643 synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
644 the different instances originate.
646 *** New properties for customizing subtree export.
648 When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
649 export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
650 =EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
651 =#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
652 an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
653 the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
654 options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
655 and only the options you give in the property will be
656 overwritten. For example:
662 , :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
663 , :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
664 , :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
668 *** New way to define tags for an entire file.
670 Tags that are defined in a line like
671 : #+FILETAGS: work urgent
672 are inherited by all entries in the file.
674 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for this proposal.
680 - Description lists are now supported natively
681 - Block quotes for export
682 - Fontified code examples in HTML export
683 - Include files for export
684 - Text before the first headline is now exported by default
685 - In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
686 - The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
687 - Completion of structure elements
688 - Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
689 - Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
690 - BBDB anniversaries much faster
691 - New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
693 ** Incompatible changes
695 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
697 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
698 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
699 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
700 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
701 value on a per-file basis with
709 *** Description lists are now supported natively
711 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
712 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
713 separated by " :: ". For example
715 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
716 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
717 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
718 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
719 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
720 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
721 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
722 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
723 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
727 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
728 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
729 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
730 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
731 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
732 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
733 natural constants and units into a buffer.
734 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
735 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
737 This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
738 it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
740 *** Block quotes for export
742 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
746 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
747 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
754 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
755 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
758 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
760 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
761 fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
762 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
766 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
773 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
774 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
775 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
776 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
778 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
784 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
785 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
786 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
787 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
788 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
789 that in the example above.
791 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
792 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
793 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
795 *** Include files for export
799 : #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
801 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
802 of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
803 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
804 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
805 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
806 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
808 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
809 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
811 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
813 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
814 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
815 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
816 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
817 value on a per-file basis with
822 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
824 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
825 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
826 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
827 you write in a buffer
829 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
831 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
832 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
834 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
836 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
837 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
838 other in-buffer keywords.
840 *** Completion of structure elements
841 As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
842 structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
843 It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
844 an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
845 EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
846 Currently supported templates are:
859 This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
860 below under /org-mtags.el/.
862 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
864 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
865 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
866 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
867 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
868 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
869 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
870 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
873 - folded :: Fold the subtree
874 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
875 headlines of all direct children
876 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
878 - all :: Show the entire subtree
880 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
881 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
882 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
883 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
884 currently looks like this:
889 , :VISIBILITY: content
894 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
896 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
897 visibility of the buffer.
899 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
901 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
902 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
904 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
905 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
906 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
907 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
908 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
909 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
910 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
911 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
912 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
915 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
916 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
917 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
918 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
919 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
920 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
921 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
923 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
925 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
926 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
927 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
929 *** New files in the contrib directory
931 Do people think any of these should become core?
933 - org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
934 of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
935 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
936 of [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/emacs-wiki.html#Lisp-Tricks][Emacs Wiki]] and [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/Embedded-Lisp.html#Embedded-Lisp][Muse]].
937 - org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
938 Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
939 For example, instead of
947 In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
948 at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
949 and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
950 list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
951 in the file [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git?a=blob_plain;f=contrib/lisp/org-mtags.el;hb=HEAD][commentary in the file org-mtags.el]].
953 If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
954 described above, the Muse form will automatically be
958 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
964 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
965 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
966 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
967 - New operators for property searches
968 - Search commands can now include archive files.
969 - Clock tables can include the archive files
970 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
974 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
976 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
977 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
978 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
979 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
980 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
981 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
983 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
985 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
986 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
987 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
988 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
989 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
990 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
991 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
992 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
993 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
994 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
995 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
996 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
997 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
1000 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
1002 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
1003 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
1004 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
1005 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
1006 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
1007 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
1008 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
1009 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
1010 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
1012 *** New operators for property searches
1014 Property searches can now choose a number of different
1015 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
1016 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
1018 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
1019 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
1020 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
1022 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
1023 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
1025 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
1026 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
1027 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
1028 match" or "does not match", respectively.
1030 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
1032 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
1034 If the value of the customization variable
1035 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
1036 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
1037 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
1038 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
1039 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
1042 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
1044 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
1045 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
1046 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
1047 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
1048 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
1050 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
1052 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
1053 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
1054 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
1055 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
1056 be functions, so that more general transformations are
1057 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
1058 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
1062 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
1063 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
1064 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
1068 - The Org distribution has a new structure
1069 - New system for selecting modules to load
1070 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1071 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1072 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
1073 - Export commands can be done in the background
1074 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
1075 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
1076 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1077 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
1078 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
1079 - And some more small fixes and improvements
1081 ** Incompatible changes
1083 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1085 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1086 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1087 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1088 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1089 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1090 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1094 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1096 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1097 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1098 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1099 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1100 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1101 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1105 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
1106 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
1107 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
1108 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
1109 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
1110 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
1111 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
1112 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
1115 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1117 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
1118 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
1119 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
1120 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
1121 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
1122 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
1123 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
1124 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
1127 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
1128 buffer you can simply use "A".
1130 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
1132 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1134 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
1135 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
1136 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
1137 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
1140 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
1141 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
1142 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
1143 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
1144 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
1145 visibility both locally and globally.
1147 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
1148 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
1149 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
1151 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
1153 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
1154 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
1155 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
1156 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
1157 JavaScript program is served from
1158 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
1159 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
1160 to be independent of the existence and stability of
1161 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
1162 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
1163 using something like
1165 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
1167 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
1169 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
1170 together with org-info.js.
1172 *** Export improvements
1174 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
1175 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
1176 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
1179 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
1180 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
1181 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
1182 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
1183 this less system dependent in the future.
1185 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
1187 *** Improvements to clocktable
1189 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
1190 when trying to specify the time block that should be
1191 considered when constructing the table.
1193 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
1196 | :block | meaning |
1197 |--------------+-----------------------|
1198 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
1199 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
1200 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
1201 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
1203 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
1204 | thisweek | The current week |
1205 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
1206 | thismonth | The current month |
1207 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
1208 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
1211 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
1212 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
1213 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
1214 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
1215 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
1216 will switch to the following week.
1218 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
1219 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
1220 a request from Bernt Hansen.
1222 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
1223 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
1224 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
1225 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
1226 configure the variable
1227 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
1228 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
1229 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
1231 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1233 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
1234 the form =W08= for week 8.
1236 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
1237 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
1238 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
1239 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
1240 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
1241 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
1242 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
1243 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
1244 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
1245 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
1246 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
1248 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
1249 specify an ISO week. For example
1251 : w4 Monday of week 4
1252 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
1253 : w4-5 Same as above
1254 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
1255 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
1257 So far I have not implemented the effect of
1258 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
1259 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
1260 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
1261 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
1262 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
1263 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
1266 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
1267 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
1268 test extensively and report back.
1270 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
1272 *** Improvements in Search View
1274 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
1275 only in TODO entries.
1277 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
1278 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
1279 also match in "Nasim's".
1284 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
1285 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
1286 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
1287 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
1288 this excellent proposal.
1290 The regexp option is also implemented for
1291 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
1292 properties for inheritance my name.
1294 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
1295 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
1296 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
1297 if and only if the setting in
1298 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
1301 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
1302 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
1303 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
1304 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
1305 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
1306 customize them freely.
1308 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
1309 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
1310 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
1311 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
1312 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
1313 default date, not switch to today.
1315 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
1316 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
1318 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
1319 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
1321 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
1322 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
1323 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
1325 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
1328 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
1329 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
1330 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
1332 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
1333 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
1334 initial region if set.
1336 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
1339 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1341 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
1342 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
1343 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
1344 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
1345 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
1346 file name to which the export should go, and a local
1347 format. For example:
1350 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
1351 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
1354 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1356 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
1357 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
1358 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
1359 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
1361 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1368 - New keyword search agenda view
1370 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1372 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1374 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
1376 - Granularity while editing time stamps
1378 - New repeaters mechanisms
1380 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1382 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1384 - =M-RET= splits lines again
1388 ** Incompatible changes
1390 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
1391 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
1396 *** New keyword search agenda view
1398 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
1399 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
1400 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
1401 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
1402 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
1403 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
1404 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
1405 example, the search string
1407 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
1409 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
1410 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
1411 which are also not matched by the regular expression
1412 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
1413 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
1414 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
1415 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
1416 (possibly sub-) heading.
1418 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
1419 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
1421 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
1422 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
1425 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
1426 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
1427 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
1429 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1431 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
1432 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
1434 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
1435 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
1436 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
1438 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
1439 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
1440 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
1441 to cover contributed extensions as well.
1443 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1445 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
1446 last element defines the contexts in which the template
1447 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
1448 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
1449 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
1450 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
1451 function, the template will be offered only if the function
1452 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
1453 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
1456 One possible application for this would be to have several
1457 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
1458 the right one based on context. For example, think of
1459 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
1460 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
1461 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
1463 : (setq org-remember-templates
1464 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
1465 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
1467 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
1469 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
1471 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
1472 + In a table, add a hline as before
1473 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
1474 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
1475 + In a headline, turn it into an item
1476 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
1477 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
1478 item markers from all lines.
1480 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1482 - `C-c *' has now more functions
1483 + in a table, recompute, as before
1484 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
1485 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
1486 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
1487 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
1488 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
1490 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1492 *** Changes related to time stamps
1494 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
1495 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
1496 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
1497 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
1498 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
1499 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
1500 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
1501 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
1502 specify the number of minutes to shift.
1504 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1506 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
1507 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
1509 :** TODO Call Father
1510 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
1511 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
1512 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
1513 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
1514 : and marked it done on Saturday.
1515 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
1516 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
1517 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
1520 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
1522 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1524 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
1525 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
1528 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
1529 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
1530 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
1531 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
1532 the previous content.
1534 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1536 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
1537 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
1538 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
1540 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
1544 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
1545 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
1546 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
1547 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
1550 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
1551 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
1552 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
1555 - There are three new hooks:
1557 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
1558 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
1559 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
1563 ** Incompatible changes
1565 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
1566 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
1567 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
1571 *** Changes to logging progress
1573 There is now more control over which state changes are being
1574 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
1575 sections in the manual. Basically:
1577 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
1578 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
1579 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
1580 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
1581 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
1582 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
1583 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
1584 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
1586 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
1587 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
1588 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
1589 : when leaving this state. This is great for
1590 : getting a record when switching *back* from
1592 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
1593 : Here we not even define a fast access
1594 : character, but just the logging stuff.
1596 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
1600 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
1601 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
1602 of the line) before the current line.
1604 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
1605 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
1606 create a new line below the current one.
1610 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
1611 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
1618 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1620 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1621 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
1623 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
1625 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1626 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1627 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1629 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
1631 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
1633 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
1637 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
1639 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
1641 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
1643 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
1645 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
1647 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
1649 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
1651 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
1655 ** Incompatible Changes
1657 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1658 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1659 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1663 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1665 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1666 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
1668 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
1669 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
1671 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
1672 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
1673 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
1674 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
1675 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
1676 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
1679 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
1680 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
1683 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
1684 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
1685 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
1687 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1688 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1689 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
1690 variable does select the interface that is used to select
1691 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
1692 Possible values are:
1694 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
1696 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
1697 path to select a location.
1698 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
1701 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
1702 they are always current.
1704 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
1705 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
1706 special also because it only matches in headline. This
1707 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
1708 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
1709 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
1710 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
1711 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
1713 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
1714 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
1715 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
1716 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
1717 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
1718 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
1719 interface. Comments?
1724 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
1725 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
1726 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
1727 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
1728 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
1730 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
1731 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
1733 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
1734 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
1736 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
1737 headline up to the tags.
1738 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
1740 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
1742 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
1743 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
1744 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
1745 request by Austin Frank.
1747 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
1748 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
1749 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
1751 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
1752 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
1753 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
1754 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
1756 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
1757 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
1758 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
1759 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
1760 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
1761 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
1762 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
1763 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
1764 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
1765 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
1766 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
1769 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
1770 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
1771 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
1772 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
1780 will file is with the following property
1782 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
1784 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
1785 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
1786 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
1788 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
1789 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
1798 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
1800 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
1802 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
1804 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
1806 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
1808 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
1810 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
1812 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
1814 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1818 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
1819 entries in a subtree. For example
1821 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
1823 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
1824 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
1825 request by Bernt Hansen.
1827 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
1828 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
1829 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
1830 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
1831 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
1832 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
1833 interactively select the filing location (file and
1834 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
1835 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
1836 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
1837 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
1838 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
1840 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
1841 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
1842 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
1843 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
1844 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
1847 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
1848 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
1849 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
1850 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
1851 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
1852 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
1853 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
1856 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
1857 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
1858 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
1861 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
1862 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
1863 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
1864 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
1865 explain here, complex.
1867 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
1868 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
1869 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
1871 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
1872 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
1873 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
1875 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1887 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
1888 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
1889 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
1890 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
1891 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
1892 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
1893 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
1894 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
1895 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
1896 subtree motion commands.
1898 - Plain lists items work the same.
1900 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
1901 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
1902 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
1905 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
1906 let me know about any problems.
1910 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
1911 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
1912 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
1913 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
1914 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
1916 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
1917 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
1918 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
1919 history variable. For example:
1921 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
1923 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
1924 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
1925 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
1926 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
1927 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
1928 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
1929 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
1930 by Bastien and Adam.
1932 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
1933 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
1934 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
1935 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1939 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
1940 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
1943 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
1944 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
1945 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
1946 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
1947 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
1948 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
1954 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
1956 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
1957 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
1958 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
1959 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
1960 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
1961 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
1962 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
1963 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
1966 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
1967 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
1968 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
1969 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
1971 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
1972 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
1973 the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
1974 and then watch it change in various scopes.
1976 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
1977 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
1978 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
1979 select a new restriction.
1981 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
1983 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
1985 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
1987 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
1988 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
1990 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
1991 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
1992 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
1995 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
1996 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
1997 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
1999 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
2000 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
2001 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
2002 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
2003 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
2009 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
2010 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
2011 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
2013 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
2014 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
2015 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
2024 + Remember and related stuff
2025 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
2026 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
2027 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
2028 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
2030 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2031 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
2032 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2033 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
2034 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
2035 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
2036 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
2038 + Properties and Column view
2039 - More control over which properties use inheritance
2040 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
2041 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
2042 - New currency summary type {$}
2044 + The date/time prompt
2045 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
2046 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
2047 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
2050 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
2051 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
2054 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
2057 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
2058 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
2059 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
2060 - Support for pabbrev-mode
2061 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
2063 ** Incompatible changes
2065 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
2066 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
2067 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
2069 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
2070 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
2071 prompted, like this:
2073 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2075 : (org-remember ?n))
2077 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
2078 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
2080 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2082 : (org-remember nil ?n))
2084 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
2085 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
2089 *** Remember and related stuff
2091 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
2092 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
2093 application might be to put a note or task captured with
2094 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
2095 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
2096 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
2097 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
2098 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
2099 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
2100 definitions. For example:
2102 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
2104 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
2107 : (setq org-refile-targets
2108 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
2110 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
2111 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
2112 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
2113 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
2116 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
2117 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
2119 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
2120 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
2121 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
2122 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
2123 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
2125 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
2126 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
2128 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
2130 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
2131 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
2132 : %[..] include file
2134 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
2136 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
2137 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
2138 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
2141 : (require 'remember)
2142 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
2143 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
2144 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
2146 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
2147 provide a default for templates without a file, and
2148 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
2150 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2152 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
2154 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2156 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
2157 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
2158 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
2159 the default in Org-mode.
2161 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
2162 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
2163 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
2164 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
2166 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
2167 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
2168 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
2169 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
2170 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
2172 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
2173 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
2174 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
2175 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
2178 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
2179 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
2180 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
2181 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
2182 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
2184 *** Properties and Column view
2186 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
2187 property names that should be treated with inheritance
2190 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
2191 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
2192 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
2193 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
2194 discussion around this issue.
2196 - Summary type improvements in column view.
2197 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
2198 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
2199 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
2200 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
2201 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
2202 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
2203 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
2205 *** The date/time prompt
2207 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
2210 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
2211 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
2212 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
2213 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
2214 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
2216 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
2217 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
2218 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
2219 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
2220 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
2221 entered month is before the current, for example if you
2222 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
2223 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
2224 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
2226 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
2227 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
2228 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
2229 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
2230 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
2232 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
2234 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
2235 list of newly performed conversions:
2237 | Org | Description | HTML |
2238 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
2239 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
2240 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
2241 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
2242 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
2244 You can turn this globally on or off with
2245 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
2246 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
2247 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
2248 William Henney for relevant inputs.
2250 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
2251 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
2255 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
2256 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
2257 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
2258 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
2259 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
2260 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
2262 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
2264 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
2265 export by setting it either globally
2266 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
2267 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
2268 the list of available classes and their sectioning
2269 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
2270 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
2273 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
2274 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
2275 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
2277 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
2278 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
2280 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
2281 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
2284 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
2285 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
2286 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
2293 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
2294 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
2295 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
2297 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
2298 the values of constants and properties are no longer
2299 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
2300 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
2301 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
2303 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
2304 with extension matched by the new variable
2305 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
2314 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2315 + All known bugs fixed.
2316 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
2317 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
2318 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
2320 - The agenda dispatcher
2321 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
2322 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
2324 - Sorting improvements
2325 + User-defined sorting keys.
2326 + Sorting by properties.
2327 + Sorting of plain lists.
2329 - HTML <div> structure
2332 + New variables, several of them.
2333 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
2334 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
2335 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
2336 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
2340 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2342 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
2343 (at least I hope so...).
2345 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
2346 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
2348 + global, i.e. for the entire file
2349 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
2350 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
2352 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
2353 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
2354 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
2358 : :ID: planning-overview
2364 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
2368 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
2369 be prompted for the ID.
2371 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
2372 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
2373 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
2374 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
2375 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
2378 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
2380 *** The agenda dispatcher
2382 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
2383 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
2384 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
2385 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
2386 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
2387 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
2388 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
2389 them to custom commands.
2391 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
2392 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
2393 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
2394 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
2396 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
2397 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
2398 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
2399 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
2400 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
2402 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
2403 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
2406 *** Sorting improvements
2408 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
2409 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
2411 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
2412 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
2414 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
2417 - Plain lists can be sorted.
2419 *** HTML <div> structure
2421 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
2423 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
2424 "table-of-contents".
2426 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
2427 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
2429 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
2430 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
2432 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
2433 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
2435 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
2436 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
2440 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
2441 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
2442 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
2445 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
2447 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
2449 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
2450 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
2451 your properties will not be folded away.
2452 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
2454 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
2455 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
2456 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
2458 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
2459 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
2460 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
2461 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
2462 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
2464 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
2465 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
2466 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
2467 a proposal by Bastien.
2469 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
2470 request by Wanrong Lin.
2472 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
2473 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
2474 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
2480 - Remember templates can now have name.
2481 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
2482 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
2483 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
2484 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
2485 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2486 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
2487 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
2488 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
2489 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
2490 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
2492 ** Incompatible Changes
2494 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
2498 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
2499 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
2500 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
2501 the name start with the selection character, for example if
2502 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
2503 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
2505 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
2506 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
2507 change). Thanks to Bastien.
2509 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
2510 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
2512 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
2513 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
2514 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
2515 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
2517 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
2518 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
2519 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
2521 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2522 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
2523 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
2524 Wiegley for a patch.
2526 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
2527 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
2528 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
2529 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
2530 with full completion support.
2532 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
2533 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
2534 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
2536 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
2537 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
2540 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
2541 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
2542 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
2543 well tested yet, please check it out.
2551 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
2552 - Command to jump to the running clock
2553 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
2554 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
2555 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
2556 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2557 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
2558 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
2559 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
2560 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
2561 - Better tag alignment in agenda
2563 ** Incompatible changes
2565 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
2566 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
2568 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
2569 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
2570 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
2572 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
2573 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
2576 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2581 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
2582 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
2585 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
2588 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
2591 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
2592 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
2593 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
2594 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
2595 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
2597 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
2598 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
2599 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
2600 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
2602 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
2603 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
2604 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
2605 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
2606 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
2607 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
2608 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
2609 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
2610 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
2612 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
2613 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
2614 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
2615 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
2616 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
2617 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
2618 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
2619 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
2620 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
2622 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
2623 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
2624 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
2625 being prompted for a template, like this:
2627 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
2629 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
2631 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2632 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
2633 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
2634 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
2636 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
2637 (also `s' does this).
2639 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
2640 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
2643 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
2644 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
2645 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
2647 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
2648 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
2649 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
2651 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
2652 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
2653 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
2654 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
2662 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
2663 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
2664 - CSV support when importing a table.
2665 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
2666 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
2667 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
2668 - Modifications to priority cycling.
2669 - Modifications to computations in column view.
2670 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
2675 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
2676 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
2679 : * Tree with special properties
2681 : :CATEGORY: Examples
2682 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
2685 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
2686 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
2687 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
2688 *single* default for the file which is then locally
2689 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
2690 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
2691 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
2692 encourage you to stop using them.
2694 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
2695 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
2696 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
2697 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
2701 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
2702 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
2703 | file | the full current buffer |
2704 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
2705 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
2706 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
2707 | agenda | all agenda files |
2709 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
2710 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
2711 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
2712 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
2715 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
2716 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
2717 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
2718 basic input it works.
2720 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
2721 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
2722 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
2723 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2725 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
2726 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
2729 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
2730 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
2732 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2734 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
2735 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
2736 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
2737 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
2738 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
2740 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
2741 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
2742 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
2743 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
2744 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
2747 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
2748 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
2749 of all the children's values each time you enter column
2750 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
2751 the children has that particular property defined, the
2752 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
2753 items under such an entry without getting the property value
2754 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
2755 is a better way of doing things.
2757 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
2758 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
2759 testing is appreciated.
2761 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
2762 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
2763 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
2764 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
2766 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
2767 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
2768 links in square or angular brackets.
2776 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
2779 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
2780 agenda can be configured.
2782 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
2784 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
2786 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
2788 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2790 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2791 inherited from the outline faces.
2793 ** Incompatible Changes
2795 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2796 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2797 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2798 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
2799 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
2804 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
2805 switching to that state. With the setting
2807 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
2808 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
2810 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
2813 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
2814 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
2815 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
2816 own function. Configure the new variable
2817 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
2818 this development with a patch.
2820 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2821 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2822 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2823 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
2824 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
2825 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
2826 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
2828 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
2829 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
2830 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
2831 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
2832 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
2833 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
2834 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
2836 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
2837 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
2840 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2841 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
2842 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
2843 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
2844 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
2845 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
2846 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
2848 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2849 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
2850 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
2851 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
2852 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
2853 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
2854 match the current org-mode faces.
2856 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
2860 ** Incompatible changes
2862 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
2866 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
2867 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
2868 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
2870 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
2872 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
2873 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
2874 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
2875 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
2876 command fall back to cycling.
2878 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
2879 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
2880 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
2881 interface anyway, set the variable
2882 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
2883 others for input on this issue.
2885 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
2886 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
2887 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
2889 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
2890 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
2892 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
2893 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
2895 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
2897 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
2898 use a format string that will be interpreted by
2899 `format-time-string', for example:
2901 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
2903 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
2904 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
2905 included) have changed this.
2907 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
2908 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
2909 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
2910 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
2911 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
2912 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
2913 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
2919 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
2921 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
2923 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
2925 - Sorting can be done by priority.
2927 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
2929 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2931 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
2933 ** Incompatible changes
2935 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
2936 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
2938 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2942 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
2943 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
2944 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
2946 A Here is a configuration example:
2948 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
2949 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
2950 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
2951 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
2954 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
2955 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
2957 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
2958 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
2959 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
2960 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
2961 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
2962 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
2963 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
2964 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
2965 states, just like you also do for tags.
2967 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
2968 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
2970 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
2971 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
2972 switch the entry to that state.
2974 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
2975 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
2976 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
2979 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
2981 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
2982 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
2983 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
2984 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
2986 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
2987 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
2989 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
2990 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
2991 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
2992 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
2993 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
2995 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
2996 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
2997 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
3000 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
3001 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
3002 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
3003 the file will simply be skipped.
3013 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
3014 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
3015 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
3016 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
3017 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
3018 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
3019 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
3020 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
3023 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
3024 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
3025 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
3026 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
3027 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
3028 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
3029 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
3030 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
3031 the special locations.
3033 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
3036 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
3039 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
3040 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
3041 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
3043 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
3044 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
3045 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
3051 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
3053 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
3055 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
3057 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
3059 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
3061 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
3063 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
3065 - Global values for selected properties.
3072 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
3073 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
3074 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
3075 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
3076 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
3077 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
3078 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
3079 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
3081 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
3082 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
3083 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
3084 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
3085 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
3086 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
3087 currently how to handle the new link types for
3090 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
3091 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
3092 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
3093 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
3096 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
3097 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
3098 The syntax is like this
3100 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
3102 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
3105 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
3107 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
3108 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
3109 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
3111 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
3114 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
3115 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
3116 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
3117 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
3120 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
3121 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
3122 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
3123 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
3124 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
3125 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
3128 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
3129 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
3130 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
3133 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
3134 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
3135 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
3136 `org-global-properties', like this:
3138 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
3140 Buffer-local values are set like this:
3142 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
3144 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
3145 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
3146 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
3147 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
3148 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
3149 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
3157 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
3158 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
3159 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
3160 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
3162 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
3163 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
3164 this stuff into the drawer.
3165 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
3167 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
3168 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
3170 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
3171 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
3173 - Lots of minor fixes.
3177 ** Incompatible Changes
3179 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
3180 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
3181 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
3185 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
3186 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
3187 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
3189 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
3190 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
3191 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
3192 know if we need to make this customizable.
3194 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
3195 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
3196 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
3197 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
3198 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
3200 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
3209 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
3212 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
3213 compute their value from the children's values.
3215 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
3216 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
3219 ** Incompatible Changes
3221 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
3222 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
3223 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
3224 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
3229 - Improvements for properties:
3231 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
3232 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
3234 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
3235 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
3236 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
3237 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
3238 typos when entering properties.
3240 - Improvements for column view.
3242 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
3243 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
3246 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
3247 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
3248 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
3249 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
3252 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
3253 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
3256 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
3257 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
3258 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
3260 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
3261 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
3262 beginning of a line. So
3264 : * This is a level 1 headline
3265 : *this is bold text*
3267 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
3268 available in orgstruct-mode.
3274 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
3275 structure editing commands into any other mode.
3277 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
3278 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
3279 open if explicitly asked.
3281 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
3283 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
3284 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
3287 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
3288 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
3291 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
3293 ** Incompatible changes
3295 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
3296 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
3297 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
3298 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
3299 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
3300 that this is the better convention.
3304 *** Orgstruct minor mode
3306 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
3307 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
3308 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
3309 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
3310 easily create lists.
3312 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
3313 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
3314 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
3315 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
3316 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
3317 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
3318 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
3319 minor modes have assigned to them.
3321 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
3322 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
3323 the promised implementation.
3327 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
3328 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
3329 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
3330 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
3331 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
3334 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
3336 you can then create drawers like this:
3339 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
3340 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
3343 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
3344 contains properties of an entry (see below).
3346 *** Properties and Column View
3348 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
3349 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
3350 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
3351 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
3352 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
3353 a property drawer and inserting a line like
3355 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
3357 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
3358 program using properties, use the functions
3359 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
3360 and `org-entry-delete'.
3362 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
3365 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
3366 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
3367 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
3368 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
3369 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
3370 after the headline, outside the drawer.
3372 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
3375 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
3377 will find entries that
3380 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
3381 - are TODO status WAITING.
3383 So here is an entry that will match:
3385 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
3390 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
3391 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
3394 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
3396 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
3397 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
3398 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
3399 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
3400 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
3401 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
3402 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
3403 can set up different property columns on different levels
3404 of an outline tree. For example:
3408 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
3412 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
3415 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
3417 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
3420 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
3423 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
3424 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
3426 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
3427 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
3428 will get a different table than if you do it in the
3429 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
3430 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
3431 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
3434 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
3435 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
3437 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
3438 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
3439 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
3440 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
3441 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
3442 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
3444 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
3445 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
3448 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
3450 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
3452 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
3453 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
3454 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
3456 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
3457 Any suggestions for better defaults?
3458 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
3459 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
3464 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
3465 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
3466 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
3467 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
3468 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
3469 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
3470 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
3473 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
3474 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
3475 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
3476 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
3477 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
3484 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
3486 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
3487 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
3488 constants can now be set with a line like:
3490 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
3494 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
3495 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
3498 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
3500 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
3504 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
3505 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
3506 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
3507 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
3514 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
3515 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
3516 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
3517 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
3519 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
3520 See manual section 3.5.3.
3522 - New options for turning off footnotes.
3523 This was a request from Ignotus.
3524 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
3526 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
3527 default. This was a request from Micheal.
3528 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
3532 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
3533 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
3534 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
3535 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
3536 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
3542 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
3543 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
3545 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
3547 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
3549 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
3551 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
3553 ** Incompatible changes
3555 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
3556 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
3557 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
3558 with the xemacs version. For example:
3560 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
3562 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
3563 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
3564 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
3565 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
3566 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
3570 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
3571 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
3572 interval on a single day. For example
3574 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
3576 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
3577 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
3578 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
3579 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
3581 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
3584 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
3585 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
3589 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
3591 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
3592 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
3593 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
3594 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
3595 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
3596 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
3597 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
3598 using localization features may not work correctly in the
3599 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
3600 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
3601 stick to the ASCII characters.
3603 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
3604 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
3605 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
3606 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
3607 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
3609 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
3611 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
3612 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
3613 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
3615 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
3616 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
3617 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
3618 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
3619 if we can agree on this:
3621 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
3622 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
3623 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
3624 out to a previous level. For example
3632 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
3641 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
3642 using promotion and demotion functions.
3648 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
3649 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
3651 ** Incompatible changes
3653 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
3657 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
3658 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
3659 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
3660 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
3661 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
3662 column where the character is specified). You may also use
3663 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
3665 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
3666 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3667 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
3668 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3669 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
3670 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
3671 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
3673 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
3674 never exported, but can be used to place column group
3675 information into the table. In this table, we create a
3676 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
3677 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
3680 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
3681 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
3682 wherever you want a vertical line:
3684 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
3685 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3686 : | / | < | < | | < | |
3688 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
3689 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
3691 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
3692 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
3693 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
3694 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
3695 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
3696 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
3697 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
3698 behavior we had before.
3700 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
3702 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
3703 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
3704 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
3705 special characters in other languages as along as your
3706 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
3707 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
3708 out how to do this in XEmacs.
3714 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
3718 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
3720 [1]This is a footnote
3722 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
3723 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
3725 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
3727 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
3728 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
3731 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
3737 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
3738 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
3740 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
3741 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
3742 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
3743 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
3745 ** Incompatible Changes
3747 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
3748 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
3752 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
3753 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
3755 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
3757 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
3758 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
3759 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
3760 collect your credit, let me know!
3762 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
3763 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
3765 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
3766 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
3768 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
3769 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
3770 would in the diary. For example
3772 * Birthdays and similar stuff
3774 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
3776 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
3777 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
3779 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
3781 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
3782 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
3783 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
3784 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
3785 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
3786 put in a few categories, and then turned off
3787 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
3788 faster agenda display.
3790 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
3791 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
3792 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
3793 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
3794 to Raman for this idea.
3796 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
3797 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
3798 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
3801 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
3802 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
3803 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
3807 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
3809 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
3810 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
3812 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
3813 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
3814 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
3815 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
3818 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
3819 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
3821 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
3822 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
3823 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
3824 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
3826 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
3827 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
3828 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
3829 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
3831 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
3832 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
3839 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
3840 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
3841 further processing in scripts.
3843 ** Incompatible Changes
3845 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
3846 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
3850 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
3851 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
3852 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
3853 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
3856 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
3857 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
3858 that have associated file names and exports the views to
3859 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
3860 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
3861 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
3862 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
3863 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
3865 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
3866 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
3867 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
3868 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
3870 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
3871 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
3872 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
3874 - Quite a few bug fixes.
3884 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
3886 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
3888 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
3890 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
3892 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
3894 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
3896 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
3900 ** Incompatible changes
3902 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
3903 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
3906 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
3907 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
3908 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
3909 `org-disputed-keys'.
3911 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
3912 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
3913 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
3917 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
3918 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
3919 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
3920 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
3921 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
3922 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
3923 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
3924 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
3925 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
3926 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
3927 Scott fro bringing this up again.
3929 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
3930 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
3931 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
3932 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
3934 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
3935 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
3937 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
3938 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
3939 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
3940 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
3942 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
3943 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
3944 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
3945 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
3946 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
3947 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
3948 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
3949 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
3951 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
3953 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
3954 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
3955 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
3956 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
3957 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
3958 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
3959 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
3962 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
3963 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
3964 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
3965 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
3966 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
3967 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
3970 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
3971 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
3972 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
3973 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
3974 indicates a non-stuck project.
3976 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
3977 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
3978 please let me know if you find problems.
3980 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
3981 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
3987 ** Incompatible changes
3991 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
3992 exported HTML. These are the variables
3993 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
3994 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
3997 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
3998 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
3999 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
4001 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
4002 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
4003 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
4004 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
4005 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
4006 that are scanned for the agenda.
4014 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
4015 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
4016 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
4018 ** Incompatible changes
4020 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
4024 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
4026 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
4028 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
4030 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
4031 list (and which is also works!)
4033 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
4034 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
4036 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
4037 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
4038 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
4039 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
4040 toward using the latter.
4042 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
4043 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
4044 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
4045 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
4047 (setq org-todo-keywords
4048 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
4049 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
4050 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
4051 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
4054 If your setting has this new structure,
4055 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
4056 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
4057 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
4058 interpretation from the other variable still works.
4060 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
4061 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
4062 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
4063 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
4064 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
4067 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
4068 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
4069 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
4070 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
4071 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
4072 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
4073 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
4075 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
4076 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
4077 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
4078 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
4079 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
4081 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
4082 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
4083 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
4084 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
4085 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
4086 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
4087 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
4088 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
4089 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
4096 This time the changes affect the following areas:
4098 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
4099 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
4100 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
4101 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
4102 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
4103 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
4106 ** Incompatible changes
4108 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
4109 over several lines, like
4112 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
4115 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
4116 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
4117 See below for details.
4119 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
4120 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
4121 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
4122 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
4127 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
4128 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
4131 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
4132 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
4133 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
4135 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
4136 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
4137 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
4138 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
4139 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
4140 where you want to be.
4142 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
4143 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
4144 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
4147 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
4148 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
4150 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
4151 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
4153 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
4155 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
4156 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
4157 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
4158 new in-buffer option
4162 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
4163 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
4164 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
4165 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
4167 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
4168 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
4169 can be done by setting the variable
4170 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
4172 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
4178 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
4180 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
4181 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
4182 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
4183 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
4184 terminate all levels of plain list items.
4186 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
4188 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
4189 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
4192 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
4193 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
4194 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
4195 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
4196 are logging all state changes.
4198 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
4203 - Priority handling in the tags view
4204 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
4205 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
4206 - Improvements to the formula editor.
4207 - C-j does better indentation.
4211 - Priority handling in the tags view
4213 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
4214 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
4216 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
4218 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
4219 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
4220 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
4222 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
4224 - Changes in the spreadsheet
4226 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
4227 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
4228 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
4229 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
4230 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
4231 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
4232 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
4234 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
4237 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
4239 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
4241 + There is now a menu with commands.
4243 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
4244 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
4246 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
4247 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
4249 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
4250 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
4254 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
4255 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
4256 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
4258 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
4259 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
4264 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
4265 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
4266 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
4267 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
4269 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
4270 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
4271 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
4281 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
4282 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
4283 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
4285 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
4286 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
4287 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
4288 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
4289 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
4290 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
4291 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
4293 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
4294 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
4295 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
4297 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
4299 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
4300 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
4302 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
4303 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
4305 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
4306 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
4307 levels. For example:
4309 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
4311 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
4312 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
4313 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
4316 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
4317 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
4318 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
4319 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
4321 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
4322 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
4331 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
4332 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
4333 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
4334 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
4336 ** Detailed description of changes
4338 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
4339 any table in any mode.
4341 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
4342 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
4343 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
4344 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
4345 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
4346 inside the same file, in a block comment.
4348 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
4349 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
4350 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
4351 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
4352 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
4354 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
4355 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
4356 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
4357 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
4358 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
4359 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
4360 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
4363 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
4364 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
4365 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
4366 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
4367 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
4368 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
4369 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
4370 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
4371 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
4372 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
4373 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
4374 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
4376 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
4377 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
4378 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
4379 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
4385 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
4386 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
4387 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
4388 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
4389 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
4391 ** Detailed description of changes
4393 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
4394 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
4395 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
4397 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
4399 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
4400 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
4402 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
4404 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
4405 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
4406 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
4408 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
4409 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
4410 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
4412 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
4413 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
4414 to Raman for this excellent idea.
4416 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
4417 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
4419 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
4421 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
4422 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
4423 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
4424 remember.el work like this as well).
4425 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
4426 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
4427 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
4428 new template, but the old context information. This is
4429 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
4432 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
4433 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
4434 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
4435 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
4436 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
4437 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
4438 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
4439 without interaction.
4441 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
4442 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
4443 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
4444 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
4445 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
4446 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
4448 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
4449 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
4450 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
4451 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
4453 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
4454 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
4455 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
4456 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
4457 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
4458 them would require special hooks. Comments?
4464 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
4465 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
4467 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
4468 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
4469 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
4470 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
4471 + Incompatible changes
4472 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
4473 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
4474 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
4475 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
4476 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
4477 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
4478 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
4482 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
4483 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
4484 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
4485 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
4486 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
4487 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
4488 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
4489 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
4493 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
4494 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
4495 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
4496 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
4497 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
4498 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
4499 - Empty entries go full circle.
4500 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
4505 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
4508 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
4509 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
4510 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
4511 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
4512 another, dedicated frame.
4513 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
4514 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
4517 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
4518 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
4519 - Changes in Agenda buffer
4520 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
4521 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
4522 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
4523 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
4524 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
4525 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
4526 use regular expressions.
4527 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
4528 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
4529 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
4533 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
4534 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
4535 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
4542 - Improvements to fast tag selection
4543 + show status also in target line.
4544 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
4545 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
4546 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
4550 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
4551 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
4552 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
4553 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
4557 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
4558 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
4563 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
4564 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
4565 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
4569 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
4570 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
4571 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
4572 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
4573 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
4574 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
4575 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
4576 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
4577 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
4578 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
4579 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
4584 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
4585 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
4586 - File links can contain environment variables.
4587 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
4591 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
4592 each block created by a different agenda command.
4593 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
4594 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
4595 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
4596 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
4597 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
4598 upon the agenda type.
4599 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
4600 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
4601 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
4602 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
4603 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
4604 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
4605 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
4606 - More minor bug fixes.
4609 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
4610 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
4611 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
4615 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
4616 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
4617 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
4621 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
4624 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
4625 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
4626 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
4634 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
4635 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
4637 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
4638 LaTeX environment and math.
4641 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
4643 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
4644 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
4645 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
4649 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
4650 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
4653 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
4654 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
4655 and will not lead to conflicts.
4656 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
4660 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
4661 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
4662 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
4663 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
4664 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
4665 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
4666 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
4672 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
4673 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
4676 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
4677 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
4678 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
4679 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
4680 directories for different export types.
4681 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
4682 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
4689 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
4690 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
4691 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
4692 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
4693 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
4694 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
4695 relative and absolute paths.
4696 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
4697 - Bug and typo fixes.
4701 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
4702 contains a description or not.
4703 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
4704 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
4705 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
4706 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
4707 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
4708 for all available exporters.
4709 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
4715 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
4716 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
4717 end of the HTML file.
4718 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
4719 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
4720 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
4721 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
4727 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
4728 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
4729 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
4730 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
4740 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
4741 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
4744 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
4745 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
4746 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
4747 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
4748 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
4749 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
4750 - New structure for the customization tree.
4755 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
4759 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
4760 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
4761 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
4762 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
4763 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
4768 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
4769 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
4770 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
4771 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
4775 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
4776 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
4779 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
4780 - Various small bug fixes
4783 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
4784 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
4785 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
4786 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
4787 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
4788 argument to `C-c C-v'.
4789 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
4790 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
4791 next buffer change due to editing).
4794 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
4795 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
4796 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
4797 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
4800 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
4801 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
4802 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
4803 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
4804 - Changes to the HTML exporter
4805 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
4806 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
4807 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
4808 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
4809 - support for cascading style sheets.
4810 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
4811 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
4818 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
4822 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
4825 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
4826 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
4827 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
4828 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
4829 and are not linked to the calendar.
4830 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
4831 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
4832 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
4833 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
4836 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
4837 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
4838 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
4839 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
4840 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
4843 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
4844 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
4845 - Named fields and columns in tables.
4846 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
4849 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
4850 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
4853 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
4854 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
4855 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
4856 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
4857 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
4858 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
4862 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
4863 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
4864 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
4865 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
4866 - Archiving of finished tasks.
4867 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
4868 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
4869 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
4870 - Improved html export of tables.
4871 - Various clean-up changes.
4874 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
4878 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
4879 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
4883 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
4884 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
4888 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
4889 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
4890 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
4893 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
4894 - New startup option `content'.
4895 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
4896 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
4897 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
4900 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
4901 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
4902 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
4903 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
4904 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
4905 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
4908 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
4909 table shape when typing in fields.
4910 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
4911 into arbitrary major modes.
4912 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
4913 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
4914 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
4917 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
4918 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
4919 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
4921 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
4922 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
4923 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
4924 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
4925 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
4927 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
4928 - Sorting fully configurable.
4929 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
4930 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
4934 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
4935 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
4936 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
4937 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
4938 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
4939 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
4940 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
4943 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
4944 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
4945 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
4946 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
4947 - Priorities for TODO items.
4948 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
4949 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
4950 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
4955 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
4956 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
4957 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
4958 `org-todo-interpretation'.
4959 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
4960 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
4961 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
4962 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
4963 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
4964 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
4965 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
4966 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
4967 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
4968 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
4969 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
4972 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
4973 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
4974 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
4975 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
4976 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
4977 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
4978 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
4979 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
4980 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
4981 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
4982 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
4983 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
4986 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
4987 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
4988 - Date ranges introduced.
4989 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
4990 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
4991 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
4992 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
4993 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
4994 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
4995 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
4998 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
4999 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
5000 - Fully automatic table editor.
5001 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
5002 - Other link system changes
5003 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
5004 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
5005 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
5006 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
5007 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
5008 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
5009 Please re-read the manual section about links.
5011 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
5012 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
5013 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
5014 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
5015 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
5016 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
5018 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
5022 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
5023 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
5024 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
5025 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
5029 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents